GENERAL DATA
Country of Origin: France.
Similar Aircraft: Lynx, Gazelle, Hirundo A109.
Crew: Normally two. Three with crew chief.
Role: Assault-transport (8 to 10 troops), utility, attack.
Armament: Rockets, antitank missiles on SA 365M model.
Dimensions: Length: 37 ft, 6 in (11.43 m). Rotor diameter: 39 ft, 2 in (11.94 m).
DESCRIPTION
Wings: Four-blade main rotor. Weapons carrying platform on some models.
Engine(s): Two turboshafts mounted side by side on top of cabin. Air intake on side of motor hump. Exhausts at the rear of the hump.
Fuselage: Teardrop-shaped body. Tapered boom to the tail fin. Rounded nose and stepped-up cockpit. Retractable gear and flat bottom.
Tail: Flats with swept-back tips forward of the swept-back and tapered fin with blunt tip. Rotor is inside housing at the bottom of the fin.
USER COUNTRIES
France, People's Republic of China (Z-9), USA.
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